smbpasswd error

Tom tbartos at adsl-63-202-15-62.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net
Mon Sep 17 09:33:15 GMT 2001


Hi, the environment I am working on looks like: Linux RH 7.1, SAMBA 2.0.7 running and Ipmasquerading for a 192.xxx network in the back.  In the Back I have a couple of Win2k Server Machines and a WinME box.  There is a problem authenticating to the SAMBA Shared Resources.

SMB.CONF has entries: security=Domain & encrypt passwords = Yes

PROBLEM: win2k and winME cannot access shared resource on Linux box.  Attempts to connect to Linux by Win2k returns an error: "Userid or Password confict with existing cridentials" and WinME returns error ... like "Cannot access this resource"

QUESTION:  Can someone give me a clue what is going on... what do I do next? 

Here are the results of attempting to run: SMBPASSWD with a valid user created on the Linux Box.

THANKS ! ...in advance for taking a look at this


[root at ourfaircity samba]# smbpasswd testaccount
doing parameter syslog = 3
doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
doing parameter max log size = 0
doing parameter socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
doing parameter dns proxy = No
doing parameter guest account = pcguest
doing parameter hosts allow = 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.30 127.
Cecile thomas testaccount
pm_process() returned Yes
added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
added interface ip=192.168.1.10 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password: 
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (uid not number)
Failed to find entry for user testaccount.
Failed to modify password entry for user testaccount
[root at ourfaircity samba]#


SMB.CONF file contents: 
[root at ourfaircity /root]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2001/09/16 21:47:45

# Global parameters
[global]
netbios name = OURFAIRCITY
server string = Samba Server
interfaces = localhost 192.168.1.10/24
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = Yes
map to guest = Bad User
null passwords = Yes
ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
debug level = 3
syslog = 3
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
guest account = pcguest
hosts allow = 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.30 127. Cecile thomas testaccount
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /usr/pub
writeable = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.30 127.0.0.1 Cecile thomas testaccount

[public]
path = /usr/pub
writeable = Yes
max connections = 100
write cache size = 100
fstype = FAT
[root at ourfaircity /root]#
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